The water use of heating pathways to 2050: analysis of national and urban energy scenarios

Chelsea Kaandorp; Nick van de Giesen; Edo Abraham

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abede7

The water use of heating pathways to 2050: analysis of national and urban energy scenarios

Chelsea Kaandorp, Nick van de Giesen, Edo Abraham

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Abstract

Sustainable energy systems can only be achieved when reducing both carbon emissions and water use for energy generation. Although the water use for electricity generation has been well studied, integrated assessments of the water use by low-carbon heat systems are lacking. In this paper we present an analysis of the water use of scenarios for heat and electricity production for the year 2050 for the Netherlands and its capital, Amsterdam. The analysis shows that (i) the water withdrawal for heating can increase up to the same order of magnitude as the current water withdrawal of thermoelectric plants due to the use of aquifer thermal energy storage, (ii) the virtual water use for heating can become higher than the operational water consumption for heating, and (iii) the water use for electricity production becomes a relevant indicator for the virtual water use for heat generation because of the increase of power-to-heat applications.

Original language	English
Article number	055031
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Environmental Research Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abede7
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Low-carbon heating pathways
Water-Energy Nexus
Water withdrawal
Water consumption
Virtual water footprint
Power-to-Heat
Multi-scale energy
Water use model

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The water use of heating pathways to 2050: analysis of national and urban energy scenarios

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